Chapter 133: A Gentleman's Friendship Is Unattainable
Seeing the door open, Bu'an's first reaction was to slip away.
This is not because he is afraid of the name of the Song State Mansion, but because he is worried that his official career has deviated from the beginning.
Before leaving Yuezhou, Bu An discussed with Hua Girl the strategy of mixing in officialdom, and Linglong Fang would also use their officialdom connections to help him - Bu An guessed that Linglong Fang had probably done a lot of this kind of investment similar to political donations.
The flower girl persuaded him to downplay the identity of Tianmu's student, and in the same way, Qufu Academy was not an ideal backer for Bu'an - Emperor Longxing, who had not long succeeded to the throne, had already revealed a signal of his determination to weaken the Confucian officials, and Bu'an didn't want to hit the muzzle.
If this is just the Song Mansion, he will come to eat and drink, and it will naturally be okay to inquire about whether Jiang Hongyi will be unfavorable to him by the way, but the Song Mansion is different, maybe a big man will come out and play a drama to promote the younger generations.
When the time comes, if Bu'an refuses, he will seem to be ignorant and offend people, and if he agrees, he will mess up again. In short, it's all trouble.
So, he picked up Su Su and walked away, like a tourist who passed by unintentionally, commenting on the fallen leaves and the mottled green bricks on the side of the street.
"May I ask that son, but Jiaxing Buzhidao?" an elderly porter-looking subordinate asked politely towards him.
Bu installed as if he hadn't heard, but was grabbed by Su Su and said, "Childe, someone asked you......"
He hurriedly pinched Su Su's little hand hard, and turned back with a blank face: "I don't know...... I don't know what to do......" he said, waving his hand to leave.
At this time, another person walked out from behind the gatehouse, and said with a smile: "Bu Gongzi is here, why do you have to leave again." ”
Bu An secretly snorted bad luck, and when he turned around, he saw a handsome young Confucian standing at the gate of the Guogong Mansion, and arched his hand at him: "Sister Bu said that Bu Gongzi is coming, let me go out of the house to greet him." ”
Bu Anxin said that this person obviously looks exactly like Song Manqiu, ninety percent of her is a woman dressed as a man, is this a deliberate joke with herself?
He saw that he couldn't slip away, so he also arched his hand and said: "I thought that Ling Mei was knowledgeable, virtuous and virtuous, but I didn't expect that I was wrong......"
The young Confucian student in front of the Guogong Mansion was surprised: "Why did the virtuous brother say this?"
Bu An was slightly stunned when he heard this, and felt that it was really possible that he had made a mistake, maybe this person was Miss Song's brother and looked more similar. He deliberately laughed and vaguely passed, and then was led into the mansion by the Confucian student.
Su Su walked behind them, his brows furrowed tightly, looking at Gongzi and then at the Confucian Sheng, he was a little puzzled at first, but when he remembered Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai who he watched that night, he immediately pouted and rolled his eyes.
The courtyard in the Song Guogong Mansion is even more amazing than the gate on the street, walking in the corridor in the courtyard, Bu An is still not sure if Song Manqiu really has such a brother who looks similar.
"How did the sister offend the virtuous brother?" said the Confucian scholar curiously as he walked.
There was no scent of a woman's body, but the voice was very similar, just a little deeper, as if she was deliberately speaking in a suppressed voice.
Bu An smiled secretly, pouted and said, "Sister Ling asked me to come to the door today to propose...... Take me to the elders of the family!"
The Confucian stumbled under his feet, almost didn't fall a kick, and in a hurry, his face was red, and his breath was uneven.
Of course, Bu An recognized that this Confucian was dressed by Song Manqiu, maybe she went to the inn to find him today, and she was also dressed like this, otherwise the innkeeper would probably emphasize that it was a woman who came to find Bu An.
He was almost teased by Miss Song, of course he wanted to tease him back, so he pretended to be surprised: "What's the matter?
Before the words fell, I saw Song Manqiu turn around, look at Bu An with a pair of bright eyes, and said softly with a smile: "Bu Gongzi really came to the door to propose marriage today?"
Poor Bu'an didn't even pull the girl's hand—under twelve years old is not a girl—and was suddenly stared at by Song Manqiu, and her face blushed and her heart jumped. He has developed a habit of teasing Qingshan usually, but Miss Song is not the character of a Jiangnan woman, and when he teased him like this, he did not shy and timidly dodge, but directly gave positive feedback!
Bu'an still has a marriage contract at the moment, and taking advantage of it is just for leisure, but he doesn't really want to mess with flowers and grass, so he deliberately spreads his hands and says helplessly: "It's a pity that my sister doesn't like my temperament of looking for flowers and asking willows......"
"Childe is retreating from the difficulty?" Song Manqiu smiled slightly, and even changed her title from a virtuous brother to a childe, and she didn't say anything more, leading Bu'an towards the depths of the courtyard.
At this time, there was the sound of the piano in the distance, and there was a woman singing in a low voice, bypassing two bends, only to see the shadow of the flowers, the woman in colorful clothes dancing, surrounded by a lot of Confucian students, who were drinking cross-legged, occasionally there were fallen leaves flying, misty vision.
Bu Anxin said, this should be a poetry meeting, Miss Song invited herself over, could it be for this?
Song Manqiu seemed to know what he was thinking, turned his head and explained: "In a few days, there will be a Baidi Poetry Club during the Double Ninth Festival, and the West Lake Academy is preparing for the Poetry Club. ”
"Sister Ling invited me over, wouldn't it be because of this poetry meeting?" Bu An deliberately did not reveal the identity of the other party.
"Bu Gongzi came to Hangzhou, don't you want to be famous?" said Miss Song.
"I don't want to. Bu'an replied simply and crisply.
Miss Song smiled and said, "I guess so......" At that moment, she led Bu An to the side of the poetry meeting venue and went to the backyard.
"Why didn't Childe bring a longbow today?" she asked casually.
Didn't you bring it with you, Bu An shook his head and said, "How can there be a reason to come to the door with a longbow on your back?"
"Then why does the boy have a sword at his waist?" Song Manqiu asked again.
She suddenly asked about the longbow, Bu An didn't react, and when she heard this, she guessed what Miss Song meant. While taking the saber and handing it to her, he shook his head and said, "Miss Song, is there anything you can't say directly?"
Song Manqiu smiled and said, "Why did Childe say this?"
"The girl went to the inn in person, and if she wanted to talk to me only about it, she would leave a letter saying that she would come back tomorrow, and invited me to come over not for the poetry meeting, but for someone else who would have to see me. Since it is inconvenient to meet each other with swords...... I guess we're going to see the Boss right now, right?"
"No wonder Bu Gongzi took the ghost house of the moon thief as soon as he made a move. Song Manqiu shook his head and sighed.
It's not hard to guess, what's there to feel about...... Bu Anxin said, probably Miss Song and her father were troubled by the Moon Worship Sect, so that they overestimated the difficulty of their extermination of Liudian, and said with a smile: "It's just a coincidence." ”
Others may think it was a coincidence, but Manqiu saw it with his own eyes. Miss Song sighed.
"It's like you happen to see each other, it's all by chance. "Bu'an Road.
Song Manqiu didn't speak, and walked to the backyard door before standing still, and said meaningfully: "In the past few days, many Qing people have come to the house to cheer up the pre-festival poetry meeting, but no one knows that the 'three-step poetry and step execution' have come to Hangzhou......"
"You have a heart?" said Bu An with a smile.
"Gongzi knew that Manqiu had been admired for a long time, and deliberately concealed his name outside Yuezhou City, and then turned a blind eye several times, and pretended to linger in the flowers when he met in Hangzhou...... Manqiu can't get a gentleman's friendship?" Song Manqiu said seriously.
Bu An was stunned when he heard it, and just wanted to explain, but he heard Su Su snort lightly: "Who knows if you will have to ...... an inch"